MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 00:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 695 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 105 67% 82 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 75.2 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 64 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1171 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16118 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16649 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18736	111% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 433 Mixed 467 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 38.5 170% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 50.2 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 94GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1992 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1901 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28747 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.7% Average	Read 88.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 77 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240007611 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48945442 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 521404441 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 240007611 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106064217353341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 295242157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3193361709	41.6% Average	Read 74.7 Write 70 Mixed 71.2 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.49 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16